Skip to content
EXPLORATIONS IN DATA STORYTELLING WITH POWER BI

EXPLORATIONS IN DATA STORYTELLING WITH POWER BI

  • Home
  • Visualisations
  • Templates
    • Deneb Templates
    • SVG Templates
    • PlotlyJS Templates
  • About
  • Shop
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Instagram

Conditional KPI Cards with Deneb

I’d written a piece recently on exploring the Deneb custom visual for Power BI. In that post I touched on KPI Style visuals. I hadn’t seen much in the way…

Continue reading Conditional KPI Cards with Deneb
Published July 15, 2021
Categorized as Custom Visualisations, DataViz, Deneb, How To's, Vega-Lite

Heatmap with marginal bars

Another visual I explored through a Makeover Monday challenge. To create the chart I installed the latest version of Deneb, dragged the measures I needed into the fields pane. In…

Continue reading Heatmap with marginal bars
Published July 4, 2021
Categorized as Deneb, How To's, Vega-Lite

Area between two lines

A graph I explored through a Makeover Monday challenge. It didn’t make the final design but I thought I’d write it up for another time. Area fill is sometimes used…

Continue reading Area between two lines
Published July 3, 2021
Categorized as Deneb, How To's, Vega-Lite

Exploring Deneb for Power BI

In my short career doing data visualization with Power BI, I have always desired the flexibility to do more with my visuals. So when I came across a demo for…

Continue reading Exploring Deneb for Power BI
Published July 2, 2021
Categorized as Deneb, Reviews, Vega-Lite

Building a custom Gauge Table with HTML

A quick design for a very specific use case I wanted to visualise scores similar to the above in a way that was quick and easy for me to read…

Continue reading Building a custom Gauge Table with HTML
Published May 26, 2021
Categorized as Custom Visualisations, How To's, HTML Content Visual, SVG

Reasons to avoid gradient backgrounds on Power BI reports

Gradient Optical Illusion

Gradient backgrounds are all the rage in dashboard design. They appear to be floating around everywhere. Looks cool right? Perhaps. I am not a fan, and for some time have…

Continue reading Reasons to avoid gradient backgrounds on Power BI reports
Published May 9, 2021
Categorized as DataViz, Experimentation, Musings, Power BI

My biggest wish for the Power BI suite?

A no-code wizard for common statistical analyses. Common statistical analyses such as Multiple Linear Regression, Factor Analysis, ANOVAs, MANOVAs, and the like are hard to perform in Power BI. At…

Continue reading My biggest wish for the Power BI suite?
Published April 21, 2021
Categorized as Data Literacy, Musings

A cheat’s guide to Power BI report design

Quick Power BI report design using PowerPoint. How I create a custom Colour Palette and Theme in 5 easy steps. When designing reports I look to an organisation’s style guide…

Continue reading A cheat’s guide to Power BI report design
Published April 18, 2021
Categorized as How To's

Just because you can…

I’d seen a number of blogs of late using the phrase “Just because you can doesn’t mean you should”. I don’t think I’ll ever get to the bottom of where…

Continue reading Just because you can…
Published April 10, 2021
Categorized as Creative

Taking PureViz for a spin

I came across PureViz in my LinkedIn feed a week or two ago. It immediately caught my attention because lo and behold, there was a rotating turbine 🙂 “Ooh is…

Continue reading Taking PureViz for a spin
Published April 5, 2021
Categorized as Infographic, Power BI, PureViz, Reviews, SVG

Posts navigation

Newer posts Page 1 … Page 4 Page 5 Older posts

Recent Posts

  • Folding (Unpivot Data) with Vega-Lite & Deneb
  • Earworms and T-Shirts
  • Smoothed lines with Core Visuals vs. Deneb
  • Drop the Drop Shadows!
  • Adding sparklines to New Card Visual

Archives

Categories

EXPLORATIONS IN DATA STORYTELLING WITH POWER BI